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Linksys WRT54GC: $19.99 at Office Depot again.

There are mixed reviews on the quality of this device, the general consensus is that you need to buy an antenna to get any decent performance out of the thing.
 
There are mixed reviews on the quality of this device, the general consensus is that you need to buy an antenna to get any decent performance out of the thing.
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I got one and it seems to work fine in my relatively small APT. I took it over to my brother's house and he has a ranch without much interferance. It worked pretty well there too; 2 bars at about 350 feet. Not bad with just an internal antenna.

IMO. YMMV.

MD.
 
Originally posted by: mdbound
There are mixed reviews on the quality of this device, the general consensus is that you need to buy an antenna to get any decent performance out of the thing.
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I got one and it seems to work fine in my relatively small APT. I took it over to my brother's house and he has a ranch without much interferance. It worked pretty well there too; 2 bars at about 350 feet. Not bad with just an internal antenna.

IMO. YMMV.

MD.
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Same here. I use it as my main router since it takes up very little room (and it fits very nicely in this little stairstep, cube type, wall hanging shelf I have. Since I don't plan on taking it with me anywhere, I got an Airlink 10dbi high gain omni-directional antenna for it. Then I got two D-Link directional antennas for the desktop PCs that will be connecting to the WRT54GC. My wireless network works very, very well.

All of this cost me:
$16.99 (WRT54GC from Office Depot - $3.00 off for turning in empty ink cartridge)
$4.90 (Airlink 10dbi omni-directional antenna on sale at Fry's, no MIL required).
$4.90 x 2 (D-Link directional antennas on sale at Fry's, again no MIL required).


I have wifi access throughout my entire two story home with this setup. Even my DS-Lite can connect without any problems and I have MAC filtering and WEP encryption on in the WRT54GC.
 
Originally posted by: EagleEye
nt- "no text"?
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Yeah, that's like manuals with otherwise blank pages that have the statement "this page intentionally left blank."
 
I was just trying to show people this great deal. I mean, how hard could it be to read the title, then go to Office Depot's site to check it out?
 
Originally posted by: IsLNdbOi
I was just trying to show people this great deal. I mean, how hard could it be to read the title, then go to Office Depot's site to check it out?
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Dumbest. post. ever.
 
Yeah, that's why I said in store only. I think you can check the availability at your local stores though.

Edit:
Ok, you can't check the availability online. I guess you could call your store. I've been to at least three Office Depots in my city this past couple of days and all had at least two of these in stock.
 
Yes, if you get a high gain antenna for it you won't have any problems. You should still get directional antennas for your desktop's wifi card though. If you have a Fry's near you, check out their networking section. Most Fry's are having a clearance sale on Airlink stuff. I got a high gain omni for the WRT54GC and two high gain directional antennas for my PCs all for less than $20.00.
 
It does not play nicely at all with the Nintendo DS. If you are looking for wireless DS action, look elsewhere.

Other than that, I have no complaints.

 
I haven't had any problems with my DS Lite connecting to it...

To get it to connect to my DS Lite, I had to update the WRT54GC's firmware to the latest beta firmware on Linksys' international ftp site.

Then I had to enable WEP encryption and set the key to key 1. I also had to enable MAC filtering. The DS Lite would not connect until I did all of the above.
 
so is this router any good?

i would like to replace my old Belkin B router. i know the WRT54GC isn't as good as the WRT54GL (or WRT54G v4.0 and earlier) in terms of hackability, but how's the performance otherwise?
 
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